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Register: ANZCTR
Last refreshed on: 22 February 2013
Main ID:  ACTRN12608000146392
Date of registration: 27/03/2008
Primary sponsor: Hospital Royal Children's Hospital
Public title: Using real time ultrasound to assit with urine collection
Scientific title: In children under 2 years of age or less with possible urinary tract infection (UTI) is real time ultrasound better than bladder scanner for assisting collection of a clean urine specimen
Date of first enrolment: 1/06/2008
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  http://www.anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12608000146392.aspx
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial 
Countries of recruitment
Australia
Contacts
Name:   Ed Oakley
Address:  Department of EmergencyMedicine Royal Children''s Hospital Flemington Rd Parkville Vic 3052, Australia
Telephone: (03) 9345 6592
Email: ed.oakley@rch.org.au
Affiliation: 
Name:   Ed oakley
Address:  Department of EmergencyMedicine Royal Children''s Hospital Flemington Rd Parkville Vic 3052, Australia
Telephone: (03)93456592
Email: ed.oakley@rch.org.au
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: <2 years old
Needing clean urine sample

Exclusion criteria: age of 2 years or more
Bladder pathology or presence of cystostomy, that makes insertion of a catheter more appropriate.
Parent s non-English speaking and no interpreter available.


Age minimum: 0 Years
Age maximum: 2 Years
Gender: Both males and females
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Urinary tract infection
Intervention(s)
Real time ultrasound guided supra pubic aspiration of urine. This involves using an ultrasound machine to visualise and guide the needle passing through the tissues and into the bladder
Primary Outcome(s)
Number of attempts to success
Success rate, measured as obtaining >0.2 mls of urine for microscopy and culture
Secondary Outcome(s)
Parental satisfaction, using a standard 5 point Likert scale
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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